Four out of five of these centenarians are women. Better than 90 percent were married at one time though most, of course, are widowed now. And more than half are high school graduates.

These are people who were born before World War I.

In their lifetime the first radio stations went on the air well before television; cars became commonplace and an interstate highway system was built; and airplanes replaced trains as the fast, long-distance mode of travel - not to mention the development of the Internet.

Here are some of the facts and figures from the Census Bureau's report, based on a survey of centenarians conducted from 2007 to 2011:

7 percent:Those who never married. At the time of being surveyed, 82 percent were widowed, 6 percent married, 4 percent divorced and 0.4 percent separated.

81 percent: Four out five were women.

15 percent:Share with a bachelor's degree or above - 21 percent of the men and 14 percent of the women.

57 percent: Share with at least a high school degree. This was the same for men and women.

26 percent: One in four men in this group were veterans. Less than 1 percent of the females were veterans.

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